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Bynumia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Taxonomy
Bynumia was named by Walcott (1924). Its type is Bynumia eumus.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kingstoniidae by Westrop (1992) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
B. eumus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Bynumia Walcott
1992Bynumia Westrop
2002Bynumia Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Bynumia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBynumiaWalcott 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Bynumia Walcott 1924
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Bynumia eumus Walcott 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:05:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Menevian to the top of the Steptoean or 504.50000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) B. eumus (8246 8272)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) B. sp. (222)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) B. metisensis (49433 49434 49435 49449 49450 49453 49483)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) B. sp. (195678)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) B. terrenda (156632)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) B. eumus (55211 55222)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (224 227)
Dresbachian - Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) B. sp. (197979)